Navy’s Sonar Project Draws Opposition The Navy is moving ahead with plans to build a 500-square-mile sonar training range off the coast of North Carolina, officials said, a project that has sparked fierce opposition from environmentalists who say some of the world’s most endangered whales and sea turtles pass through the area, according to a […]
Coast Guard Saves Six Off Carolina Coast CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard personnel rescued six people after their 110-foot commercial yacht began taking on water approximately 47-miles east off Winyah Bay, S.C., today at about 3:15 p.m. The Cedar Island, a commercial yacht from Clinton, Ct., was headed to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., when the ship’s […]
Want to catch more fish in 2006? Fisherman’s Post Newspaper, the publication that covers all the saltwater fishing action along the Carolina coast, is hosting its first annual full-day Fishing School in 2006. The Fishing School is staffed by 10 local captains who will share their experience and insights on techniques, equipment, strategy, […]
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01A.M., Monday, November 14 2005, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial black sea bass fishery north of Cape Hatteras (35° 15.3’N. Latitude):I. SIZE LIMITIt is unlawful to possess black sea […]
SEA TURTLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING The MFC Sea Turtle Bycatch Advisory Committee (AC) will meet on Thursday, November 3, at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held in Room 305, C-Mast Building, Carteret Community College, Morehead City, NC. The Committee will review, discuss, and will hopefully approve the draft version of the compiled introduction and […]
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEANPreston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, hereby announces that effective at 12:01 A.M., Tuesday, November 1, 2005, the following restrictions shall apply to the commercial flounder fishery:I. HARVEST LIMITSA. From November 1 through November 13, 2005, no commercial fishing operation, regardless of the number of […]
Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Finfish Advisory Committee The Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) Finfish Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 1 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be at the Craven County Community College in the Bender Building, room #116, located at 800 College Circle, New Bern, NC. The Bender Building is the first building […]
SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Preston P. Pate, Jr., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Leah Devlin, D.D.S., M.P.H., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following shellfish area temporary closures will take effect immediately:No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or […]
Commercial Landings of Bluefin tuna As of 10/24/05 fishing year landings of Atlantic bluefin tuna are as follows: The coast wide General category has landed 122.6 mt out of 908.3 mt to date. The Harpoon category: 23.1 mt out of 90.0 mt to date. Longline North: 14.5 mt out of 116.3 mt to date. Longline […]
INITIAL WHITE SHRIMP SAMPLES FROM MISSISSIPPI SOUND SHOW NO ELEVATED CONTAMINANTS Oct. 26, 2005  NOAA announced today that tests of white shrimp samples collected the week of September 12 from Mississippi Sound found no elevated contaminants. The agency collected 23 samples of white shrimp from Mobile Bay to Lake Borgne two weeks after Hurricane […]
